"I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums."

-- Edward Hopper

#Artist Quotes #Oil Quotes #White Quotes

“I usually have a location and then I put the character there. I love place names. I think I'm tricking myself by being so specific - it suddenly becomes real to me. Just because I say it's Chicago, Illinois doesn't mean it's true, but place names sort of make me grounded and then I can put some people there.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?”
“If you're asking if I would be foolish enough, or insulting enough, to write about people in my life that I respect and sell it to the masses as a "break-up song," I can't imagine doing that to people I love.”
“It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music â€“ it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different. Originally it was just an artistic type of thing; finally I felt it was something that was good enough for everybody.”

Source : Ramones Facebook page, www.facebook.com. 1978.
“Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.”
“My life now could not be better.”
“The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.”
“I have funny bones. If there's ever any kind of tension, I'll always be the one to try and be funny to loosen things up.”

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